She was loved, she was a princess, heir to the throne - but the childhood fairytale turned to lifelong nightmare for Mary Tudor, Henry VIII's first child. When Henry divorced her mother and married Anne Boleyn, Mary became an outcast and a threat to the Protestant succession. By a twist of fate, on the death of her brother, she became queen at last in 1553, but her attempts to make England Catholic again were a disaster for her and the country. History has called her "Bloody Mary" for the burning of the Protestants, but how fair is this? This film paints another picture, of a woman true to her beliefs, pushed towards a terrible psychological disintegration.
Chris Barnard
Director
Miranda French
Mary Tudor
Simon Kirke
Dudley
Jorge Balça
Philip of Spain
Jason Sharp
Henry VIII
Lizzie Rees
Young Mary (as Elizabeth Rees)
Sarah Finigan
Servant
Lisa Marie Kennedy
Anne Boleyn
Sean Rees
Ambassador Renard
Glenn Salvage
Norfolk Noble
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